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UNITED STATES PATENT. O'FFiCii.

` HOWRD .n HODGBIOF NEW YORK. N. Y.. AND JOHN. G. Durs. or WATERBURY.

. CONNECTICUT,

l Appiicaiion fried Api-ii as,

Toul whom #mayconcern: H Y l Be it. known that'we, Howkiu) l). Honor:and JOHN G. DUFF, c i'tieiis of the l nited States," residing,respectively. at New-York' city. in the county ot' New York, State ot,Bew X ork, and Waterbury. in the county ot' New Haven. State ofConnecticut,have invvented certain new and fuseful Improve# 'chines, andfor similar purposes. There is a treat variation in machines -inconnection with which it is desirable to employ counters, such variationexistingl in speed. direction.

length, .frequency `and force Ot the movenientsofthe parts 'of vthemachines by which the counting device ni'ust'be Operated in order tomake a proper register .ofproduction or completed operations. Moreover.thereis also aI great variation' in-size. forni'..location and necessaryclearances in the machines and machine partsv on which it is desirableto use counters.

As a result of thesev various conditions the employment ot' counters inconnection with machines heretofore has necessitated a great lvariety otspecial applications and special Fittings in order toad'apt the counterto the respective machines, locations. etc. .ln fact. this variationinapplications ot countershasrequired almost a. special forni of counteror special t'orm ot,intermediate operating con'- i'iectionforeaoh kindor part of a machine on which the-counterv is employed. This has4resulted in the necessity for both lett hand and right hand counters.different counters for different directions or speeds of the. stroke ot'the operating mechanism. special modiiications for accommodatingdifferences in the length ot the stroke ot the operating' part.y andnumerous'.v other variations. s a result. in almost every case theinstallation of the cou-:iterA is a matter of special application. f

.it a purpose oil our invention to ohviate theservarious inadequaciesand draw-backs` vby .the provision of a counter which is practirailyuniversal in application.

More speciicaily stated, it is a purpoe 'Of REGISTER.

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our invention to provide a counter which maybe operated withoutalteration or without specially fitted.'connections.- by rotarvmovement. by revolvingy nuwenient. hv arctiate(')scillatory-iiioveincnt. by reciprocating movement. in tact by, anykind ot` iuovenie'nt in any direction.

it 'is also a purpose of our invention to provide -a counter which.without special application. may be operated lfy any speed of practicalmechanical nioveinent. l

lt is a it'urther purpose ot vour invention to provide a counter whichis operable onlyby operationotl the machine to which it is 'attached andwhich cannot he operated spuriously, to accomplish `registration beyondthe actual operation ot' the machine,

,It is a tui-ther purpose of our invention to provide a countiiiprdevicei'vhich requires absolutely no intermediary operating conNnection. but which is adapted Jfor direct connection with the partrelied upon to fetfect the operation of the counter.-

It vis a further purpose ot' our invention to provide a counting: devicewhich is operable to accomplish accumulation and regristration bymovement in'eithen ot' opposite directions. and which cannot be operatedby a reversal 'ot thev machine to :anse sub traction t'roni the amountsalready accumu- 'latedV in the register.

t is a further object of'ouriiivention to provide a counter 4which niaybe disabled when desired in order to permit themove-- ment oftheoperating machine for the purpose ot' setting. etc., withoutnecessitating the ldisconnection ot' the countert'roni the machine inany manner.

A-'further object ot' our invention is to providea counter whichrequiresthe fewest and simplest parts. which is strong anddiirable.wliich amply protected trom'in jury. and which is easilyaccessible for the purpose of settingT o rlresetting, yet may be sealedagainst unauthorized access,v and which is compact, sightly.` and easilyread. Still `further objects ot' our invention will be obvious upon anunderstanding of the device as poiiited'out in the following de'--scription and claims. reference being had to lthe accompanying drawingsforming a part of this appiication, and in which Figure l represen-ts afrontview ofthe counter partly inl sec-tion; and with parts lngt-.thecasing broken away.

Specification of Letters Patent. p Pnl pnhid J IHN. 28 1921. I

Fig. 2 a section substantially on line 2 2 ofvFig. l1, 1 8 is aperspective illustration-olf the operating Weight or inertia element,

l .'tion on line 1- .45 of Fig. 2,

as the preferred form of the device, and it' is quite-obvious that theinvention is susi of the reference numerals applied, it will be ceptibleof a variety of embodiments ldifterparticulars vfrom the orm ing invarious illustrated, p

Referring to the lllustrationslby means understood that the. numeral 1vdesignates 'a frame-plate, circular in the form shown, but

. not necessarily of that contour, upon which is mounted an accumulatorframe 2. At

' its outer-extremity the accumulator frame supports an endl frame 4which, together.

with frame 1 `furnish bearings for register shaft-5, \vliich.i s.rotatable. Register shaft 5 .extends through the frame-plate 1 and- -hasxedto' Aits end a ratchet-Wheel 6, the connection being such that therotationv ot ratchet-Wheel '6 Will rotate shaft 5 Fixed forrotation-with shaft 5 by 'means of 'the vpin collar y7 isa'unitswcounting wheel 8 provided with indicating characters on its periphery, 'comprising the numerals 1 to 9 *inclusive and (l. Freelymounted on shaft 5 is a series of higher order lregister Wheels y9,similarly provided vv'ith indicating characters on their peripheries.The units wheel, and each of the higher order Wheels, carries aholding'disk 10 in which is provided a carrying'notchl, and each of the higherorder wheels carries a conjoined actuating pinion 11.

-On a rod 14, supported int'rame-pl'ates 1 and t, are mounted a seriesof carrying pin' ions 15 of the wide and 'narrow tooth kind,

through the instrumentalit)v of ivhich 'carrying is accomplished fromvvheels of loivcr orders to `Wheelsot next higherforders b v means ofthe. carryingnotches 12 and pinions 11.

It will be apparent that this'is' a Well knovvn type of eyclometerregister of the kind disclosed inthe United States-Letters Patent No.217,827 to 'Stalmanm and it is equally obvious that other types ot'counting and accumulating mechanisms may be emdicating the Count.,

ployed forthe -purpose of registering' and in-l Mounted on' theframe-plate 1I-in operative associationl with the ratchet-Wheel 6 'is' avibrating orI 'oscillatory inertia element.' Awhich 1n the presentembodnnentss 1u theform 'of a reciprocating weight 16. rlhis weight 1 6is spaced'from the frame-plate 1 by? supports lI which slidably engagerth e frame-plate 1, and said weight is held in position by means of the-studscrews 18 seated in the frame plate 1 and having their headsdisposed in counter-sunk portions 19 of the slots 20. This oscillatoryinertia member is preferably made of 4material of such sort as to giveitconsiderable weight, andto afford proper free Working bearing onthe'plate 1. Carried by the inertiay inem'- ber is a pair of' pallets 21properly spaced and arran'ged for cooperation -with -the'ratcl1et-\vheel 46 after the'lmanner of escapement pa \vls so that,upon each complete vibration of the member 16. the ratchet-Wheel isrotated to a distance of one tooth.' and is retained by the palletsagainst overthrow or further, lrotation during lintermediate peinducedbythe movement of. the respective pallets toward the shaft 5 while incontact 'with the'involute or non-radial faces of the ratchet teeth. Bysuch operation the wheel yis rotated part of'one units distance by onepallet uponr the movement of the inertia member in one direction. andthe restof the distance bythe otherpal'lets coperation upon movement'of-the inertia member in the `reverse direction. Due tothe fact that oneor the other of the pallets is ali'vays interposed between the teeth ofthe ratchet- Wheel, 'it is impossible for the ratchet-wheel to berotated in the reverse direction.A The rotation of ratchet Wheel 6 andregister shaft 5 and units register wheel 8 accomplished b v onecomplete vibration of the member 16` lis suflicient to advance the unitsWheel the distance necessary to register and indi-cate one.unit'-additionally. In suchfashion com'- ple'tevibrations of the member16 are registered', counted'by the units wheel. vand acciunulatcdv inthe higlu order wheels through the instrumentality ofthe carrying means.

The arrangement of the oscillatory inertia member 16 is such that itWill be vibrated ina. manner to actuatethe ratchet pinion 6 by any formof movement of frame-plate 1 which Will displace the centerof gravity ofthe inertia member from 'its point 0f. rest, which latter is established'by suitable stops lsuch as contact oflone or the other ot' palletsf21.with the bottom of a. notch 4of ratchet wheel A6, or of one or theother, et screws 18 against the end Wall of its associated slot 20; orby any movement on the part of the lframeplate l which will overcome'the vinertia-of the member 16. Ate- 4 'cordingl v,' if frame-plate 1 isrotated. on a non-vertical axis, (Fig, 5) ,'the member16 willlbe given acomplete vibration'upon each rotation, sliding first, in one-direction`then in the other, between .the limits imposed bly the stops as theforce of gravityofercomes the friction when the member 16- accomplishedwhen the frame-plateI vl' is 11elpasses its angle of rest. The sameeffect is When Vthe traine-plate.

volved in la*non-horizontal plane, (Fig. (i). 1 is given areciproratingor arcuateoscillatory movement subtantialllv in line withthe line -ot movement ot the inertia member 16. (Figs. i and S). saidvinertia member will be vibrated relative to the ratchet-Wheel 6, .due toits inertia. upon each complete oscillation or The saine ettect isaccomplished when the Yframe-.platel reciprocation ot the traine-plate'.

1 is revolved in a horizontal plane. By virtue of the torni ot theratchet-Wheel andthe arrangement ot the operating pallets, theA movementot the ratchet-wheel and consequently ot' the register shaft. ivillalwaysl y be progressive in the direction to accomplish *placement otthe-point plate with a rectilinear movement.

accumulations vin the register Wheels. Ac-

cordingly. the register is operable byimo'vement iii-'either ot oppositedirections to effect accunnilation. and it is impossible to subtractamounts from those 'accumulated in the' register b v reversing' themovement ot the device or the direction of movement` ot the operatingmachinepart:

In order to eii'ect counting and registra'n tion of the operations ot amoving machine part. therefore, it is necessary 'simply to givetheframe-plate' 1, movement in accordance vvithI the movement ofl suchoperating' machine part. This maybe accomplished b v ,mmintiiig machinelpart by means ot the screiv indicated in Fig. '1. 'vvherein the movablemachine part is designated bythe character M. Screw QQ is carried on'adrum 21,'

which is mounted on trame-plate 1 andv forms an inclosingr .case tor.the `operating elements mounted thereon.' ln order to derive thegreatest responsiveness trom the oscillatory member 16 in rapidrotatingr andl revolving movementsg it is desirable that the ,attachment2Q be disposed on the avisot `vibration o't the inertia member. .ofconnection 22 the device mav'bel readily mountedv on any By means movingpart otl the machine lfrom which a proper count ot operationsn'iaybederived.'irrespective of the form of movement ot such part.The'degrec or rapidity ot the movement is immaterial'so long as thetorce is sufficient simply to .overcome the inertia. or accomplish disotrest. of the lmem- The construction, and mounting'- ot 16 in the mannerdethe pendulunn cated by figure, v indicated in the dot and'dash lline,in Figi 12. o 25 is adapted to engage'` 'the locking: member the side ofthe member'vl, When the latter the device lupon 'the movingv linentviththe sliding plate 26.'-

has a translocatoryits responsiveness tol sivifnging connection,vvherein' the 'only etiiciently effective weight isl that at=the end otthe' material decreasing in effectiveness according as'itflies closer tothe lpoint ot pivotal connection. v'Il heysliding' arrangement alsopermits.v the utilization ot a, maivimum amount of, metal 'in-"theinertia 'element torthe size-ot the device. Moreover, it -contributestoa vvery lcompact eonstructionand arrangement ot'par'ts5 as" it enablesthe asseinbiinfgof tlief iiiertiaelcu ment `over otheroperatingfportionseand requires a minimum. degreebt movement oin ,theinertia member. ,l l As afmeansfor disabling thecountingr" mechanismwithout requiring the' dctath-y 1 ment .ofthe device from the machine.ive

provide the locking member 25 carried b v the sliding-plate Q6 on l-thetace of trameplatexl. The plate :26 is'movable to tivo positions bymanipulationot" the button 27. In one-position, as shovvnin full linesin Fig. Q- the locking member 25 -lies 'in line with one ot the slots20. so that it does not" make contact :with the-inertia member`v 16' inthe movement opt-the latter to the position vindithe heavy dot randdashline in said In the other ot its vpositions.that

is in the Vposition indicated'l in the small'dot- 'and dashline in Fig.Q.' to retain it against vibration. As is shown yin Fig. 1. the but tonQTis connected with the slidingplate '26 by a connection 28 operatingthrough a slot in the trame plate 1. As shown in FigQ. the ,lockingmemberQ'is retained selectively Vin'either of itsl tivo positions h v adetent spring- 29 arranged 'for trictional lengage-z A suitable casingin the form of a barrel lis arranged to inclose the register. Saidcasing is provided with a Windowv or sight opening' 31 through whichmay-be read the 'indicator figures on the indicating' liueot theregister vh-eels. to fit' on a locatingl disk 32 which is carried ontheV trameplate 1, and lug 31 is arranged for engagement in" a notch inthe margin of the barrel to. insure proper location of the sightopenings on the indicating: line. The barrel" 30 is held 4in position bymeans of a vnut 35 seated on the screvv 36 whichI is mounted on-the endplate 4. An unauthorized removal of the nut 35 may be prevented by asuitableseal, in the form of a Wire or other member passed thro'ugh'theaperture 37 in the: end of said screw.4

'It vwill be observed that this construction provides a'tparticularlycompact and efficient device'. the Working' parts ot Whichare Completelyprotected Jfrom vaccidentall 'or intentional injury or disarrangement,and that the disposal of parts is such as to render This casingisarrangedl rocating. oscillatory the inspection and reading of theindicators when '1t' is 'supported on a -moving machine part. Because ofthis disposal, the indicators remain in the line of vlsion of theinspectoitor a longer perlodof time than if they faced in a directiontransverse `of the' vdirection of movement. Hence the reading of thedevice Whilel it 'is 'having either recipor revolving movement 1s`greatly facilitated.

y Having thus described our invention, what -We claim is:

' 1.' A counting register comprising a frame .-member, an accumulatorcarried thereby and comprising co-axially disposed registering elements,an oscillatory actuating member carried by the frame member and movablerelative thereto and having oscillatorymovenient transversely of theaxis thereof for actuating the accumulator, and means for aiixing theframe member to a movable ma-y l I chine part for movement therewith.

2. In a registering counter, the combina.

tion' of a frame member, an accumulator, an oscillatory inertia `membercarried bythe frame member and movable 1n opposite d1- rections thereonbygravity, means for actuatingy the accumulator tov register a, unitupon each complete'vibration-ot1 the oscillatory-member, and means foratiixingthe framemember to an operating machine part o' accomplishvibrationof the oscillatory y member.

3. In combination With a movable frame, -an inertia element carriedthereby and mov-i able thereon by gravity, an accumulator, -op- 'imovementl of erable means whereby said accumulator is,

actuated to register a unit at each vibraltion of the inertia element,and operablel 'inertia-element inclosed thereinv and having movementrelative thereto, an accumulator.,

means whereby said accumulator is actuated' "by movement of said inertiaelement relatlve to the casing, and means operableexteriorly of thecasing' for inhibiting movement of the inertia element relative thereto.

5. Anoperation-- counter comprising a movable fram-e, a register mountedthereon, a Wheel effective to operate theregister additively', aninertia element mounted for reciprocatory movement on lthe frame acrossthe Wheel, and means carried by the inertia element and' renderedeffective upon the Wheel'by movement of said element in each dir'ectionto accumulate a -unit inthe 'register upon each complete vibration ofthe inertia element; y

6. An operation ycounter comprising a movable (housing, an inertiaelement slidably mounted in the housing for movement on a diameterthereof, vsaid inertia element covering'substantially the entire areaWithin itslateral margins conforming' substantiall 'the lateral portionsof the housing'to' per' mit their intimate juxtaposition, registeringmechanism associated with the housing, and means 4for actuating said"mechanism 'by 'the inertia element in the HOWARD nvnonGE.; JOHN e. nuriahousing.

